Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-11
created and IN time II may bccons a. -
spectacle and fashionable as sny other.

created and in time il may become a. Ie.
spectacle and fashionable as any other.
There Is quite kick ia outlying dis
trcts of the city and among owners of out
lots in the new additions, on account of the
new provision enacted by council, that here
after new streets shall be graded and gray
eled al the expense of the owners of ada
cent property. gentleman who owns
several lets i'll the various new additions
said the other day: For years We have
been paying taxes 10 grade and gravel
streets at the expense OF the city. We
have paid these taxes without murmur,
aever dreaming that when il came our turn
tOr few improvements We would br rn-
forced To make them al our own expense.
l. this right. or is il just? In the past few
years many miles ot streets have
berq graded and grayeled at public expense,
and NOW the taxpayers who have been
paving t"r these improvements all these
/ years will receive no heueht from il un their
! own account
/ 1t Is no doubt that the rHie works lniuS-
tice In many cases II the rule was Ia be
enforced It should have been done from the
start
/ Mad Srllka and her husband. Mr.. VII
/ liamS. who recently gave 81 dtligitful II
concert IN this city for the benent of the
! North street church. will sing at the Ohio
Music Teachers association meeting al Co
lumbus week after next Their home is al
Columbus. The career of these gifted ar
fists is a credit to the coloTrd race. Ant
recognizes uo race nr color distinctions.
. N h.t Lad S..lt La. "a. I'm .bk.k
taken by the hand by the musical people.
and made quite a lion in musical circles.
She studied under the first masters of Eng
land and Germany, and was treated with
the greatest consideration a. a sister artist
by the great singers of Frankfort on the
Maine ana other German titles.
The iron work. fixtures and brick for the
Armstrong boiler works, east ot the city.
are already ou the ground. and excavations
are being made for the foundations. The
Foo, factory will he commenced next sum
meT. The Star of Empire seems Ia be-
taking it, way eastward in the growth of
this city. A large amount oi building i
going on there this summer.
A postnan stood in front Of Sam T.ing'S
Chinese laundry on Washington street the
were several letters. At the extreme end
af the envelope was a broad stripe of Chi
nese writing resembling some of the poetic
-rinsions on tea boxes or fire crackers. and
which would b- reproduced here were it not
that the REPUBLIC'~ font of Chinese iyp.
ran dry day before yesterday. on the en-
yelope the address was written in the usual
place in large struggling hand.
The other day" said the postman. "a
registered Litter came for War Sing War
had To sign for the letter, which he did very
gracefully the effect resembling basket of
fireworks on vacation. They get coBSid-
cradle matt from Chinese in Xsrious pafts
Of the country. and also from dealer, in
goods which the laundries use"
Ii is a mistake Ia suppose that ChineS. in
this city sub.ist on q handful OF rice. rats
and corkroach shoTtcake The fact is that
some nf them live lust about a. well as
white people A Springfield grocer told
me the other day that his very best custom
ers for spring chickens are the Chinese and
that they seem to live exceedingly we'll.
When the First Presbyterian Sunday
school had Chu-se school, IN. Chinese
attending il would bring rich presents Ia
their teachers. consisting of fine candies
John Chinaman seems to have far more
generosity anG less economy than he is
generally credited with, II is said that
Francisco They seem 10 have Chimes.
Horace Greeley out there who constantly
reiteratsS the charge, go east. youpg
man" tor they seem 10 be all coming. The
Chinese say that business has been growing
clic coast every year for some time.
The Springfield Cinnamon have taken to
smoking cigarettes Whether they like
them for the opium which is in them or not
| is hard 10 say. They SmnE. them al, the
| same. and MessrS. Ten Lung and Hon Flea
are getting Ia be giddy ma>her- a. we'll
| Mr.. Vincent \uwottny who left Spring-
held for Munich t" study art. and who was
appointed a professor in the Cincinnati art
risen To a position as one of the leading
artists of Cincinnati He and his wife. are
living on Walnut Hills in cosy lttl,. home,
| within a square of the cable line OF street
cars. Mr.. NOwottny intends to SPEND two